1 The Foundations: Logic And Proofs 2 Basic Structures: Sets, Functions, Sequences, Sums, And Matrices 3 Algorithms 4 Number Theory And Cryptography 5 Induction And Recursion 6 Counting 7 Discrete Probability 8 Advanced Counting Techniques 9 Relations 10 Graphs 11 Trees 12 Boolean Algebra 13 Modeling Computation A Appendices expand_more
1.1 Propositional Logic 1.2 Applications Of Propositional Logic 1.3 Propositional Equivalences 1.4 Predicates And Quantifiers 1.5 Nested Quantifiers 1.6 Rules Of Inference 1.7 Indroduction To Proofs 1.8 Proof Methods And Strategy Chapter Questions expand_more
Problem 1E: Prove thatn2+12n whennis a positive integer with1n4 . Problem 2E: Use a proof by cases to show that 10 is not the square of a positive integer. [Hint: Consider two... Problem 3E: Use a proof by cases to show that 100 is not the cube of a positive integer. [Hint: Consider two... Problem 4E: Prove that there are no positive perfect cubes less than 1000 that are the sum of the cubes of two... Problem 5E: Prove that ifxandyare real numbers, thenmax(x,y)+min(x+y)=x+y . [Hint: Use a proof by cases, the two... Problem 6E: Use a proof by cases to show thatmin(a,min(b,c))=min(min(a,b),c) whenevera,b, andcare real numbers. Problem 7E: Prove using the notion of without loss of generality thatmin(x,y)=(x+y|xy|)/2... Problem 8E: Prove using the notion of without loss of generality that5x+5y an odd integer whenxandyare integers... Problem 9E: Prove the triangle inequality, which states that ifxandyare real numbers, then|x/+|y//|x+y|... Problem 10E: Prove that there is a positive integer that equals the sum of the positive integers not exceeding... Problem 11E: Prove that there are 100 consecutive positive integers that are not perfect squares. Is your proof... Problem 12E: Prove that either210500+15 or210500+16 is not a perfect square. Is your proof constructive or... Problem 13E: Prove that there exists a pair of consecutive integers such that one of these integers a perfect... Problem 14E: Show that the product of two of the numbers65100082001+317779121292399+22001 and24449358192+71777 is... Problem 15E: Prove or disprove that there is a rational numberxand an irrational numberysuch thatxyis irrational. Problem 16E: Prove or disprove that ifaandbare rational numbers thenabis also rational. Problem 17E: Show that each of these statements can be used to express the fact that there is a unique... Problem 18E: Show that ifa,b, andcare real numbers anda0 , then there is a unique solution of the equationx+b=c . Problem 19E: Suppose thataandbare odd integers with ab . Show there is a unique integercsuch that|ac|=|bc| . Problem 20E: Show that ifris an irrational number, there is a unique integernsuch that the distance... Problem 21E: Show that ifnis an odd integer, then there is a unique integerksuch thatnis the sum ofk2 andk+3 . Problem 22E Problem 23E Problem 24E: Use forward reasoning to show that ifxis a nonzero real number, thenx2+1/x22 . [Hint:Start with the... Problem 25E Problem 26E: Thequadratic meanof two real numbersxandyequals(x2+y2)/2 . By computing the arithmetic and quadratic... Problem 27E: Write the numbers 1, 2, …,2non the black board, wherenis an integer. Pick any two of the... Problem 28E: Suppose that five ones and four zeros are arranged around a circle. Between any two equal bits you... Problem 29E Problem 30E: Formulate a conjecture about the final two decimal digits of the square of an integer. Prove your... Problem 31E: Prove that there is no positive integernsuch thatn2+n3=100 . Problem 32E: Prove that there are no solutions in integersxandyto the equation2x2+5y2=14 . Problem 33E: Prove that there are no solutions in positive integersxandyto the equationx4+y4=625 . Problem 34E: Prove that there are infinitely many solutions in positive integersx,y, andzto the equationx2+y2=z2... Problem 35E Problem 36E: Prove that 23 is irrational. Problem 37E Problem 38E: Prove that between every rational number and every irrational number there is an irrational number. Problem 39E: LetS=x1y1+x2y2++xnyn , wherex1,x2...,xn andy1,y2..,yn are orderings of two different sequences of... Problem 40E: Prove or disprove that if you have an 8-gallon jug of water and two empty jugs with capacities of 5... Problem 41E: Verify the3x+1 conjecture for these integers. a) 6 b) 7 c) 17 d) 21 Problem 42E: Verify the3x+1 conjecture for these integers. a) 16 b) 11 c) 35 d) 113 Problem 43E: Prove or disprove that you can use to tile the standard checkerboard with two adjacent corners... Problem 44E: Prove or disprove that you can use dominoes to tile a standard checkerboard with all four corners... Problem 45E: Prove that you can use dominoes to tile a rectangular checkerboard with an even number of squares. Problem 46E: Prove or disprove that you can use dominoes to tile a55 checkerboard with three corners removed. Problem 47E: Use a proof by exhaustion to show that a tiling using dominoes of a44 checkerboard opposite corners... Problem 48E: Prove that when a white square and a black square are removed from an88 checkerboard (colored as in... Problem 49E: Show that by removing two white squares and two black squares from an 88 checkerboard (colored as in... Problem 50E Problem 51E Problem 52E: Prove or disprove that you can tile a1010 checkerboard using straight tetrominoes. format_list_bulleted